Thread: Installer not finding a disk/partitions

i trying install ubuntu on old computer, , having many problems. reasonably experienced os installation in general, , ubuntu in particular, having done such stuff on 10 years,

first, ubuntu 12.04. while booting livecd, there (error) message stating (ibm system detected - correctly - and) unable load module because rewrite serial eeprom. booting continue, graphics chip (s3) not recognized, , boots in low res mode. not useful, because can't use installer screens , partitioner in mode. (perhaps 384m of memory not enough!)

next, ubuntu 10.04. tried because still have livecd. boots perfectly, graphics, through desktop. can go through install steps till partitioning. have 2 hard drives in computer: drive 3 primary partitions (windows, ntfs data, , linux-swap), , drive b 1 extended partition containing 2 logical partitions (for /boot , /) , 2 primary partitions (both ntfs, data). partitioner sees first drive, drive (configured master drive).

note: created partitions using gparted (v0.7, believe) without problems.
note: can mount drive b partitions linux desktop. second disk visible in linux!

so, of course, cannot install linux on drive b partitions want to.


suggestions on may problem, , how resolve this? installing lubuntu help?


worth, switched drive b , drive (changed jumpers) drive b master , drive slave. surprisingly, drive (the slave) recognized installer, not drive b (the master). of course, desktop, can mount partitions both drives.

afterthought: perhaps problem first partition on drive b extended partition. have not yet tried making first partition primary partition. post results of experiment in day.

as know s3 real problem actual distros; maybe try 8.04 or so, or puppy

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